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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The Company's forecasted effective tax rate at September 30, 2015 is 36.3%, a 4.3% increase from the 32.0% effective tax rate recorded at December 31, 2014. The forecasted effective tax rate of 36.3% excludes jurisdictions for which no benefit from forecasted current year losses is anticipated. Including losses from such jurisdictions results in a forecasted effective tax rate of 36.6%. Our forecasted effective tax rate could fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and could change, to the extent that earnings in countries with tax rates that differ from that of the U.S. differ, from amounts anticipated at September 30, 2015.

After discrete tax benefit of $171, the effective tax rate for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 is 36.5%. The discrete tax benefit is primarily attributable to changes in unrecognized tax benefits related to the expiration of statute of limitation time periods.